One of the most extraordinary incidents in the whole record of
longevity is reported from Pesth, in Hungary, where a beggar,
aged eighty-four, tried to commit suicide by throwing himself
into the Danube because he was no longer able to support his
father and mother, who are one hundred and fifteen and one
hundred and ten years old, respectively. When he told this
story, after his rescue, it was laughed at, but a police inquiry
showed it to be true. The family are Magyars from the extreme
south of Hungary.--_Public Opinion._
(1879)